Part 11
"Sure. We've got to go to the hotel first though." Quinn said.
"Okay, no problem."
"So, where's your car?" I asked him.
"Right…there." Brendon said pointing to a green SUV.
"Cool."
"Hey!" a girl said as she stepped out of the car.
"Let me help you with your luggage." She said.
"Umm…"
"Oh sorry, I'm Brendon's fiancée Candyce." She said.
'Brendon's fiancée?' I thought.
"We've been together for about three years now." She said.
"We plan on getting married soon." She said showing me her ring. Quinn looked at me, smiled, and held my hand.
"Congrats!" Quinn said.
"..yeah. Congrats." I said. We go into the car and rode silently to the hotel.
"I've noticed you've gotten quiet Ryan." I said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah. He's been like that since you left." Brendon explained.
'Why? Why had he been like this? What was wrong? What had I missed? Ah. Whatever I'm asking too many questions…'
"Here we are. Need help with bags?" Candyce asked.
"We've got it." Quinn said.
"Okay, well then we're going to go back to the apartment. Pick you up at six." Brendon said.
"See ya then." We went up to the room and started unpacking.
"Wow. Things have changed…A LOT." I said.
"Yeah. Brendon's getting married. I guess that means that she's definitely the one for him."
"…Or she's the person he thinks is meant for him."
"No…she is the one."
"Yeah, you're right. Oh Quinnums…." I said giving him a hug.
"What are we gonna do? You know how the gang is gonna react to this. Bert's going to be all mad at me for dating his best friend, Jeph's going to just…not approve at all, and Branden's gonna be upset because he likes me."
"That's true. But still, what can they do? It's a free country! We can do what we please! They're just gonna have to deal with it!" Quinn yelled. I heard a knock at the door. I looked at the clock.
'6:15. Oh crap! They heard our conversation!'
I opened the door- It was Ryan.
'Thank God it wasn't Brendon!'
"Is everything okay?" he asked.
"Who is it?" Quinn asked coming out of the bathroom wearing a t-shirt and boxers. "Oh…" he said.
"Hey, is something wrong?" Ryan asked again.
"Nothing. Well….you promise you won't tell?" I asked Ryan.
"Who am I telling? After all, I've gotten really quiet about things." Ryan said.
"Okay. I wanted to date Quinn, but we talked about it, and decided to wait and see how things went with Brendon. Now that we've found out about Candyce, we've realized that if we go back, everyone will be furious." I said.
"…I don't know how to fix that, but I'll talk to the guys for you." He said quietly.
"Thanks Ryan. I owe you one." I told him.